10 – Material Things/Jake Troth
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The general public has always said riches aren't everything and that the greatest wealth is in good deeds, but it was Uriah Heep's personal experience that good deads paid a great deal less than treachery and cunning. Oh, certainly, he had received some charitable provisions by people who pitied him throughout his life, though he didn't care much for such discarded finery. But now, simply by making a few, ahem – amendations – in the account books, the world was at his command.
But it was not just the material things that mattered – though those were quite satisfactory on their own. Because power, and triumph, and the fulfillment of ambition, were worth something, as well.
He had those too.